ISO 639-3 bwk | Native speakers 520 (2000 census) Glottolog bauw1241 | |
Language family Trans–New GuineaMailuanBauwaki | ||
Bauwaki (Bawaki) is a Papuan language of New Guinea, apparently of the Mailuan family. It is 70% lexically similar to Abia of the Yareban family. Dutton (1971) proposed it to be a 'bridge' between the Mailuan and Yareban language families. O'oku, either a dialect or a closely related language, is similarly lexically 60% Yareban.
References
Bauwaki language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA